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Editor's Corner
Andrew-Dung Lac and the Vietnamese Martyrs: Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
On this memorial of the Martyrs of Vietnam, we commemorate a whole panoply of white-robed witnesses, Christians, bishops, priests, Franciscans, Dominicans, lay men, women and children, who were put to death in the most...
Nota in Brevis
A Triptych of Saints: Clement, Columba and Pro
We commemorate three saints on this November 23rd, Saints Clement of Rome, Columba and Miguel Pro, muted this year on the Solemnity of Christ the King. These three intercessors and examples from three different...
Editor's Corner
Saint Caecilia’s Heavenly Music
We have to wait to hear what heavenly music sounds like, but Saint Francis de Sales once recounted that he was blessed to hear an angel played one note on a violin – of...
Featured Highlights
Our Lady’s Presentation, and the Perfect Gift of Self
The Presentation of Mary – commemorating Our Lady’s dedication and consecration to God as a young girl of about three years old in the Temple – is found in none of the four traditional...
Editor's Corner
Francis, Leo and ‘Climate Change’
We’ve written before of the story that Pope Pius XII wanted to use the theory of the ‘Big Bang’ – first proposed by the priest Father Georges Lemaitre in 1929 – in an encyclical...
Nota in Brevis
Hot Air Hypocrisy
Irony may be defined as something that goes against expectation, especially radically so. It is the basis of much of literature and films – the small guy who defeats the far larger opponent. David...
Editor's Corner
Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter, Paul – and the Path to Rome
Today's memorial marks the dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul - following upon that of the Lateran Basilica last week. More specifically, this is the anniversary of the consecration of the...
Editor's Corner
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
The saint today is one of the patrons of Hungary, Elizabeth (+1320), the niece of Saint Hedwig of Silesia, (+1243) whom we celebrated in October. Elizabeth belongs to the '24' club - saints who...
